The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." ~ BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1787

Monday, June 20, 2016

Society it is said, is a mirror … MIRROR, MIRROR, ON THE WALL … now mirror’s are passe … people use their smart phone camera as a mirror … what a metaphor shift. A mirror provides a mere reflection, the camera is imprisonment. The world is rather easy to figure out when you consider interest as a motivating force and perhaps with a little hubris. The fundamental relationships be they sovereign or personal are forged in the crucible general interest and self-interest in particular ... it is not surprising the latter ultimately shapes the former!

JUNE 23 ... WILL BE A DEFINING DATE FOR LIBERTY, FREEDOM AND GENERAL INTEREST, AT LEAST IN EUROPE!

NATIONALISM VS. GLOBALISM ... THE STORY THAT GENERATED THESE COMMENTS WAS AN AUSTRIAN ARTICLE ... THE COMMENTS COULD COME FROM ANY EUROPEAN COUNTRY. THE COMMENTS EXPRESS THE FEELINGS OF INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR IDENTITY RELATIVE TO THEIR COUNTRY.

DE OPPRESSO LIBER2 hours ago

Lets hope we see a domino effect all over the world. The disgusting politicians all over the world , including the USA , created this problem. Now it is time the People fix it . Any politician who believes in any type of borderless countries,needs to be voted out. The feel good idea of borderless countries put everyone else at risk and it must stop. More muslims live in France than do in most countries in the middle east...and how is that working out. Ask the Germans how their country is after their dirt bag politicians opened up the door to any one and everyone. Ever wonder why the countries in the middle east are not helping their own? Until that question is honestly answered by the Arabs, nobody gets in !

LIBERALISM IS A MENTAL DISORDER THAT REFUSES TO LOOK AT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR FEEL GOOD POLICIES.

LIBERALISM MUST BE DESTROYED , JUST LIKE ISIS.

Tom2 hours ago

ALWAYS REMEMBER

The #$%$ (aka National Socialist Democratic German Workers Party ) were , duh, SOCIALISTS! !!!

Everything about them was Left Wing. Big, massive Federal government with defacto control over all industries, news media, film, arts, education. Nationalized healthcare (FuhrerCare ). Nit just Gun Control, but gun confiscation. Anti-Christian and especially anti-Catholic. Idollization of their Dear Leader just like with Obama. Worshiping of Mother Nature. Eugenics. And, really neat youth camps for the same reason Libs want universal pre-school. .. in order to separate children from their parents early enough to inculcate the State's values instead of the parent's.

Indelibly1 hour ago

"Gun enthusiast" While Austria ranks among the highest in the world in gun ownership, they averaged fewer than 15 gun homicides per year (2001-2011). Gun free Chicago should only be so lucky.

"He has already threatened to seize upon never-before-used presidential powers and fire the government if it fails to get tougher on migrants and boost the faltering economy." It is fascinating that when President Obama uses presidential powers (executive privilege) to change law (Obamacare) and prevent its enforcement (immigration), the media never considers him dangerous or "far left." Is firing corrupt and inefficient government so horrendous? We have government officials accessing porn for hours on government servers and they maintain their jobs. Our Secretary of State ignores the law by using a private server for classified information, an offense that has seen peons fired. The IRS is intentionally using a political litmus test to grant non-profit status, fast tracking Obama's brother, and auditing conservatives. Despite this egregious use of intimidation, no government employees lost their pension.The president and state department LIE to the American people about the attack in Benghazi to ensure a White House victory. If finally putting a stop to government corruption by firing those that lie, cheat, and abuse their positions is far right, count me in! Is toughening immigration policy "dangerous" when a country is experiencing unemployment and economic difficulties? Most families would find it prudent not to adopt more children when they were struggling to provide for the ones they already have.

"Observers" Wow, this impressive journalist was able to find someone who believed Hofer was a "wolf in sheep's clothing." Shockingly, I could probably find observers who believed the earth is flat, the Holocaust is a myth, and Bill Clinton is a fantastic role model, but that is hardly newsworthy.

The rhetoric in this article is so biased it is utterly appalling...

MA2 hours ago

I hatee to say this but it'll take a lot of violoence to reclaim these countries. Muslims are invading and daring the countries to fire a shot. Hungary solved this invasion issue with it's fence dropping invaders from 8500 per day to 50.

Those huge volumes of muslims reamin and will hav e to be escorted out. If the West doesn't have the guts to get them out and stop them coming, they lose their countries and watch at a caliphate is constructed.

Same in the US when a muslim is in the the Whitehouse and is running begging for votes so he's left the US with open borders.

It's a recipe for violence and death but the muslims know it and risk it. The question is what will the countries do in response. Always keep in mind who invaded whom? Make the choices easier.

Peter1 hour ago

It's probably benign in this case, but the constant use of 'right wing' for foreign parties is unfair, because it gives the tiny-brain reinforcement of his/her tiny brain notion that right wingers are like #$%$. Liberal reporters did it regarding factions within the Soviet heirarchy then; today within Moslem governments, and with Europeans.

Not fair. They aren't the same. American right wingers are mainly concerned with free enterprise, so everyone has hope for a better tomorrow. Liberals just lie about this. (oh, and the #$%$ were left-wing socialists, like the Soviets)

Jim2 hours ago

An Austrian wolf in sheep's clothing may be better than ten thousand lone wolves in Islamic clothing.

Cory2 hours ago

The pathetic globalist liberal left calls anything or anyone not for open borders and free bees to anyone that walks over the border, a far right NAZI.

I loved this line in the first paragraph from the far left extremist writing the article....the candidates were neck-and-neck in a battle closely watched by the EU, which is struggling to contain a surge of anti-immigrant parties. THAT'S BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THEM IN THEIR COUNTRIES YOU CRACKPOT FASCISTS!

a3 hours ago

If European ppl wake up and kick out the unelected fasc!sts out of Brussels and their treasonous corporate puppet leaders EU might just make it. Poland Hungary Slovakia Austria Czech Republic....who is next . 23 countries still under occupation

Smooth W1 hour ago

The far right moniker is slanderous at best. These journalists use the term to make them sound like Hitler. Anyone anywhere who doesn't adopt the PC directive of the left is so labelled. But there are a lot of people who believe slanted reporting like this

Law2 hours ago

These terms, left, right, far-right, centrist, liberal, conservative, are all meaningless because different people use them differently and they are used to polarize rather than describe details. I urge everyone too consider this and reject their use, discuss details.